Talking-machine cabinet



Feb. 26 i924.

E. T. KIEFFER ET Al.

TALKING MACHINE CABINET 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed vom. 25.

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EUGENE T.

KIEEFER AND WILLL'AIJI B. STEVENSON, OF HILADELP-IIA, PENNSYL- VANIA,ASSIGNOBS TG VCTR- TAlNf-, MACHENE CGMPANY, A CORPORATION OF'` NEWJERSEY.

TALKING-ACHINE CABINET.

Application filed October 2S, 1922. Serial No. 596,201.

To @ZZ 707mm may concern.'

Be it known that we EUGENE` T. linterna and lVrLLiAMi B. S'rnynNsoN,both citizens of the United States, and residents ot the city ofPhiladelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State ot Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in rl`alking-MachineCabinets, of' which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to cabinets :tor talking machines and particularlyto those cabi-` nets wherein the entire mechanism for reproducing soundand the devices for ampli tying the reproduced sound are containedwithin the contines o' the cabinet structure, when the cabinet isclosed, and wherein a lid or cover is raised, elevated or moved to giveaccess to the turntable and sound box when it is desired to operate themachine.

ln talking machines orp the enclosed horn or cabineted type, therelatively heavj.v parts ol the mechanism,y e. g. the motor, turntableand horn supporting bracket, are all usually mounted within. and arecarried by the upper part or top of the main cabinet struc` ture, spacebeing ordinarily provided be low or on one or both sides of the saidmechanism for the storage ot talking machine records.

The cabinet work in the lower parts oi the cabinets for such talkingmachines is generally of such a kind as to necessarily adord amplestrength and rigidity. It is comparatively easy to make the lower partsof such cabinets strong enough to withstand all the rough usage to whichthey mav be subjected.

During their transportation or shipment 'from 'factory to distributor,talking ma` chinos are subjected to relatively rough or severe handling,and it has been found necessary to brace, stiften and reinforce thewhole cabinet, with a built-in partition generally located near the tcpot the cabinet wherein are mounted the heavy motor and horn bracket.Such a partition, however, permanently separates the part of the talkri'machine cabinet which is above the motor-board from that below themotor-board,

notwithstanding the fact that such rigid permanent immovable partitionhas been usually provided with a rectangular opening into which isloosely tted the usual motor-board.

But the motor-board, in such constructions, forms substantially no partof the talking machine cabinet; that is to say, the strength of thecabinet would be not substantially aected by the presence or absence ofthe motor-board per se. rlhe heavy builtin partition ot itselt is reliedupon to impart to the cabinet structure the requisite strength andrigidity. The said built-in partition could not be removed withoutdestroying` the cabinet structure, with the result that the space belowthis partition was almost inaccessible for the purpose of wiring for themotor, or of mounting the horn or removing' it or adjusting it, as mightbecome necessary` except through the relatively small opening providedtherein iter the reception o't the motor-board. lFor this reasontherefore, it has also been the usual practice to provide, in the rearor back vert-ical wall of the cabinet a relatively large opening orpassage to give ample access' to the space immediately below the heavybuilt-in partition. such opening being normally closed by a panel,removable board or door. This large opening in the rear wall, however,made it necessary to make the heavy built-in partition even heavier andstiii'er, to compensate to some degree for the corresponding weakeningof the rear wall, and the consequent weakening ot the cabinet structure.

From the above it will now be also plain that the cabinets referred toabove as the ordinary talking machine cabinets, were in a sense,complete casings or housings, in themselves made strong enough tosuccessfully resist the hard usage to which they are subjected, and themotor mechanism is another complete mechanism adapted to be housed orcontained within the cabinet, and protected therein by the cabinet.

The objects of the present invention are to provide a talking machinecabinet construction `wherein the moto.i board itself, when positionedWithin the cabinet, strengthens, reenforces and stiil'ens, andsubstantially forms a part ot the cabinet structure, obviating thenecessity ot providing` a builtin, immovable, Wall or partition in orderto make the cabinet snlicientlv strong to withstand severe handling; toso mount a removable partition in the cabinet of a talliing machine thatthe Ytour edges thereof tightly substantially abut against the Ytourvertical Walls ot the cabinet, and impart rigidity to. the Wholecabinet; to provide a construction `wherein the closure tor .the top ofthe cabinet, upon which are mounted the swinging arm1 the horn and themotor, is `readily removable from the :talking inachine cabinet to givefree access to .the portion of the cabinet mirinally belenT saidpartition; to malte the motor-board and the horn-board togethersubstantially as large as the interior o1"- the top ot' the talkingmachine cabinet.

Further objects ot our invention are to provide the interior side Wallsadiacent the top of the cabinet with metallic strips along the oppositetop side .edges ot the cabinet to strengthen the cabinet and to fornibuilt-in supports for the liorirboard and the motorboard; to so mountsuch strips in the Walls oit the cabinet that they substantially rest onthe tops or said Walls, and the weight ot the parts snpported on saidstrips is transmitted to the .Walls ot the cabinet vertically asdistinguished from being transmitted thereto 'by brackets merelyfastened tothe .inside faces of said Walls; to so support theinotonboard and the horn-board that they may be lifted out of saidcabinet Without scratching the inner surfaces oi' the side Walls; toprovide a cabinet structure with metallic bars ot such a shape as tocooperate with the side .valls and -with the motorboard and thehorn-board, to strengthen the Whole talking iin/chine cabinet; and toprovide a vpartition Within a talking machine cabinet, which consists ottivo parts, a motor-board and a liorn-board, either ol: which is.reniovable troni the cabinet n.*ithont displacing or removingf theother, and one ot which may be opera tive to hold one side or edge oitthe other board firmly! against the support for said boards.

@ther objects oit our invention will appear in the specitication and.claims below.

Referring non' to the drawings forming a part of this specilication, andin which the saine reference characters are employed throug'lnni-t thevarious views to designate the same parts, Fig. l isla plan vie'tv ot atalking machine cabinet with the lid removed, and showing themotor-board, the horn-board, the swinging` arm., the horn, theturntable, and the motor of talking ma? l is a similar view of the other.TZ-bar support.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5 of. llig. l; and y Fig. 6 isa vertical sectional view of a porvtion of the cabinet shown in Fig. land taken on the line 6 6.

.A talking machine cabinet, as usually constructed, consists of fourvertical Walls coniprising the 'ront wall l, the rear Wall 2 and tivoopposite side Walls 3 and 4; respectively, all disposed generallyvertically and generally enclosing a substantially rectangular space.These vertical Walls may be paneled in the usual manner and, as usual,the top portions of the vertical side Walls may be made of separatestrips 5, 6, 7 and 8, of molding, rigidly and pernntnently secnred tothe main portions ot' the Walls 1,2, 3 and l by glueV and suitabledovfel pins 9,

said dewel pins being `blind tronrthe top of said strips and extendingvertical down into the main4 portions of the vertical Walls l, 2, 3 and4f.. lt has been heretofore usual to .lit or build into the cabinet Workof the four Walls Vl, 2, 3 and 4 of the cabinet a heavy partitioncompletely filling the space below the line Where the strips 5, 6,' 7and 8 join the tops of the main portions of the vvalls l, 2, 3,Y and l,and to provide such rigid partition with a rectangular opening thereinVinto which loosely lits a .motor-board with the motor dependingtherebelow. ln such construction the inotorboard is secured to thehorizoin'ialpartition in the top oit the cabinet structure.

. Such construction is. however, vreplace-.tl

by our invention as follows: ln the inner taccs oit two opposite Wallso'lithe cabinet strncture as,`ior instance, in the inner face oit theside Walls 3 and 4s, and preferably Where the strips 7 and 8respectively engage the top edges of the main portions ofthe side Walls3 and Ll, We provide longitudinal grooves l0 and 1l ertending preferablythe length oic each side Wall from the 'Front to the rear of the innerface thereof, the grooves in the opposite side Walls being parallel andin the saine horizontal plane. These grooves or recesses are preferablymade along the inner edges oit the inside Jfaces of said strips 7 and 8,and Where the openings are provided .in said stripsjtor the reception otthe dowel pins 9, vve prefenA ably extend said grooves 10 and 11laterally outwardly towards the outside wall of said strips to fornirecesses 12 and 13 respectively therein.

These grooves are for the purposes of receiving respectively thehorizontal flanges 14C and 111 of a pair of metallic bars or angleirons15 and 15 substantially Z- shaped in transverse cross-section, providedrespectively with vertical connecting webs 16 and 16 and with relativelyhorizontal lower flanges 17 and 17 extending from the lower edges ofsaid webs 16 and 16 respectively. The upper flanges 111 and 14 of theZ-bars 15 and 15 are preferably respectively provided with extensions orears 18 and 18 disposed in the plane of the flanges in which they areformed, said ears being provided with holes 19 and 19 respectively of asize to perniit a dowel pin 9 to pass therethrough. rl`he distancebetween these ears or extensions are the saine as those between thedowel pins 9 of the side walls of the cabinet structure.

The vertical connecting` webs 16 and 16 inay be respectively providedwith suitable countersunk screw holes 20, 20 for the passap/jetherethrough of the screws 21 and the lower flanges 17, 17 are alsoprovided with holes 22 and 23 and 22 and 23 respectively for the passageof bolts therethrough, The ends of the lower flanges 17 and 17 oppositeto those which are provided with holes 22. 23 and 22 and 23 arepreferably respectively provided with tapped holes 24 and 24: for thereception of a screw. A pair of these Z-bars are used in carrying outour invention, and they are sin'iilar in construction except that theyare complementary, i. e., right and left, and except that the bar 15which is to be attached to, for instance, the rifzht hand wall 4l of thecabinet, may be provided with a notch or cut away portion 25 for thepassage therethrough of the usual pivoted bar (not shown) operative tohold the lid 26 of the talking machine structure in elevated position bythe engagement thereof with the usual lid supporting,r plate 27. Theholes in the lower flange 17 of one Z-bar are coniplenientarily arrangedwith respect to the similar holes in the lower flange 17 of thecoinpleinental Z-bar 15'; that is to say, when the bars are arrangedwith their connecting' webs vertical and theirlower flanges extending`toward each other, the threaded holes or tapped holes 24. and 24 will beopposite each other and the cylindrical holes 22 and 23 will be oppositethe cylindrical holes 22 and 23.

The lengths of these Z-bars are substantially the sanie as the depth ofthe inside of the cabinet, that is to say, they are as long as thedistance between the inner faces of the front and back walls 1 and 2respectively.

These Z-bars are preferably built into the cabinet construction beforethe strips 5, 6, 7 and 8 are attached to the tops of the inain portionsof the walls 1, 2, 3 and d respectively, rlhe upper flanges 1d, 14T. ofthe Z-bars 15 and 15 respectively are snugly fitted into the grooves 10and 1l in the opposite side-walls with the holes 19, 19 respectively inalineinent with the holes d of the dowel pins 9. llhen so positioned theupper strips 5. 6, 7 and 8, are rigidly glued to the top walls 1, 2, 3and 11 respectively of the cabinet, with the dowel pins 9 passingthrong/fh the holes 19 and 19 and the webs 16, restingA respectivelyagainst the inner faces of the side walls 3 and il. Screws 21 are thenpreferably driven into the inner face of the side walls through theholes 2O` 20 in the webs 16, 16.

llfhen assembled in manner the lower flanges 17 and 17 of the Z-bars 15and 15 respectively extend outwardly from the innei' faces of the sidewalls and inwardly horizontally with respect to the cabinet, saidflanges beingy disposed in the same plane and extending toward eachother forming ledo'es or seats upon which are respectively supported theends of the motor-board 28 and the horn-board 29.

The board 29 is termed the horn-board7 for brevity and convenience. ltis the board from the lower side of which the horn bracket 30 usuallydepends, said horn bracket terminating in a suitable horn or amplifier31 having its mouth adjacent an opening 32 in the front wall 1 of thecabinet, but this horn-board may, and preferably does also support onits upper face abraclret 33 upon which is mounted to swing the usualtone arm 341-, said bracket 33 and horn bracket 30 beingr preferablyrigidly secured to opposite sides of said horn-board 29 by bolts orscrews The front edge 86 of the horn-board 29 is preferably beveled toprovide an overhanging portion or overhanginer wall. as clearly shown inFig. 2, and the said horn-board is provided preferably near the fourcorners thereof with holes which register with the holes 22, 23 and 22and 23 respectively in the lower flanges 17 and 17 of the Z-bars 15 and15', nuts 38 serving to firmly but removably hold the ends of thehorn-board 29 on the seats or ledges provided by the inwardly extendingflanges 17 and 17of the Z-ba-rs 15 and 15 respectively. The ends of thehorn-board 29 preferably abut vfirinly against the inner sides of thewebs 16. 16 respectively, and the rear edge 39 preferably lits snuglyagainst the inner face of the rear wall 2.

The inciter-board 28 is also of a size and shape to preferably snuglyinto the space between the opposite webs 16 and 16 of the Zbars andbetween the inner face of the front wall 1 and the overhanging frontedge 36 of the horn-board 29. The rear edge 40 of the motor-board 28 ispreferably beveled so that it fits under and against the overhangingfront edge 36 of the horn-board 29 and the corners of the motor-board 28remote 'from the front edges 36 of the hornboard 29 are provided withopenings which register with the threaded or tapped openings 24, 24 nearthe front ends of the lower flanges 17, 17 of the Z-bars 15, 15respectively and through these openings and into the threaded holes 24,24 are preferably threaoed machine screws 41 by means of which the frontcori'iers or the iront edge of the motor-board 28 is rigidly butremovably secured to the Z-bars 15, 15.

1n either ar "angement, however, the weight carried by the motor-board,and that carried by the horn-board will be directly supported by thevertical side walls of the cabinet through the stifl metallic Z-bars,the upper flanges of' which rest throughout their length on the bottomsurface of the grooves in the side walls. The screws 29 do not supportany substantial part of the said weight. They merely hold the webs flatagainst the side walls, hold the upper flanges from displacement out ofthe grooves when the said boards are removed, and make the stili Z-barsunitary with the cabinet walls to which they are attached. Y

rllhe horn-board and the motor-board are as long as the width of theinside of the cabinet measured between the webs of the Z-bars andthecombined width of said boards is equal to the depth of the inside of thecabinet between the front and rear walls. These boards together then'form a rigid but removable partition snugly fitting substantiallyagainst the four walls of the cabinet, completely filling the spacebetween said walls, said partition when so seated on and secured to saidflanges of the Z-bars, 'forming virtually a substantial part of thecabinet itself.

vPreferably pads of felt 42 are placed on the upper faces of the flanges17, 17 near the corners of the motor-board and of the hornboard so thatbetween the under sides of the said boards and the upper .faces ot thesaid flanges 17, 17 there are provided moreor less yielding cushions orpads 42.

Depending from the motor-board, and secured thereto in any suitablemanner, is a motor 43 s rving to rotate the spindle 44, eirtendingthrough but out ol contact with the motor-board, and operative, at itsupper end` to support and rotate a turntable 45 located above themotor-board 28.

1n the above construction we have substantially replaced the expensiveheavy built-in wooden partition commonly used to impart strength andrigidity to the upper part of a talking machine cabinet where strengthis particularly required by reason of the mounting at this point in thecabinet of the heavy motor, turntable and horn bracket, with a partitioncomprising two boardsl supported at their ends only on two metal ledgesrigidly secured to the inner faces oi two opposite walls of the cabinetstructure and we have rigidly secured these two boards to the horizontalflange of the metallic strips by screws or bolts, so that these twoboards together form a partition serving to separately support the hornand motor, and also serving to impart the required strength and rigidityto the upper part of the cabinet, all in such a way that the motor-boardmay be removed fron the machine by simply unsere ing two screws in thecorners thereof remote from the contacting edges of the two boards, atthe corners of the motor-board which are at or near the front verticalwall of the cabinet structure. By rigidly securing the hornboard at itsfour corners to the flanges 17 and 17 and by providing its forward edge36 with an undercut so that that edge is an overhanging` edge, and bygiving a complemental shape to the rear edge 39 oi the motor-board, themotor-board is firmly retained and rigidly supported on the upperflanges of the Z-bars by the overhanging edge 36 of the horn-board andthe two screws 41 their inner front corners.

TWhile to illustrate our invention we have shown a cabinet substantiallysquare in horizontal cross-section, our invention is not to be construedas limited strictly thereto, because in those structures of theso-called console type, the talking machine mechanism is ordinarilyenclosed within four vertical wa lls` but the side-walls particularly,are not necessarily the out-side walls of the cabinet structure per se.VThey are intermediate Ywalls arranged to'enclose between them thetalking machine mechanism and to provide compartments or chambers forthe storage oiZ records or for other purposes, between said intermediateside walls and the ont-walls of the cabinet. Such cabinets may readilyhe provided. in the intermediate side-walls adjacent the talking`machine mechanism, with our improved insert Z-bars, and the motorboardand horn-board may be readily secured thereto. in the manner abovedescribedQwithout departing in any way from the spirit and scope of ourinvention'.

1While we have described'those'lianges of the Z-bars which lit into thegrooves on the opposite sides of the side walls as provided with earsand openings therethrough for the passageof dowel pinsin someconstructions these ears may be omitted and engagement of the flangeswith the walls of thegrooves and the attachment of the webs to the innerfaces of the side walls will form a support cooperating with themotor-board and the horn -hoard sufficient to greatly stiften andstrengthen the upper part of a talking machine structure.v

talking machine constructed and arranged in the manner above set forthap pears to us to give a better and more satisfactory reproduction ofsound than that obtained by a machine equipped with the old rigidbuilt-in wall or partition. rlhis may be because the whole partition,being supported at its ends only within the cabinet, and those endsbeing rigidly secured to a rigid nietallic support rigidly mounted inthe rigid walls of the cabinet, is free to elastically support the hornand tone arm, and to yield or vibrate in sympathy with the tones beingreproduced from the record. lWhether this explanation fully accounts forthe improved quality of the reproduced tone, applicants are not prepared'at the present time, to positively state, but a machine constructedwith and embodying this invention, gives a reproduction of sound whichis of a very superior quality.

Because in the construction above described, the webs of the Z-bars areinterposed between the ends of the boards and the inner, faces of theside walls, the length of said boards will be just enough shorter thanthe width of the inside of the cabinet as to provide ample clearancebetween the ends of said boards and the said inside faces when saidboards are for 'any reason lifted off from the lower flanges out of thecab-inet. rlhe danger of scratching or marring said faces in removingsaid boards from the cabinet is thus obviated.

Vile prefer to make the thickness of said boards slightly less than thevertical width of the webs so that when the boards are seated on saidbars, the corners of said bars where the webs are bent to form the upperflanges will be slightly above the plane of the upper surfaces of saidbo'ards. `Vlfhen, therefore, the Z-bars or angle irons are enameled,painted or otherwise finished to match the color of the cabinet or ofthe said boards, the said corners provide a bead between said boards andthe adjacent walls of the cabinet, all of which adds to theattractiveness and finished appearance of the construction.

lt will now be evident that the weight of the motor-board and horn-board'and the heavy parts carried thereby is transmitted to the tops of theside walls, as distinguished from being transmitted thereto throughbrackets merely attached to the inside faces of the side walls, and isdistributed throughout the length of the tops of said side walls. rlheweight of said parts is borne just as if the motor-board and horn-boardrested on the top edges of said walls, but since said boards are withinthe cabinet and between the walls, and abut against said walls, theentire cabinet structure is greatly strengthened.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. The combination with relatively vertical walls of a talking machinecabinet, the inner faces of an opposite pair of the said walls beingprovided each with a relatively horizontal groove therein, of a pair ofbars, substantially Z-shape in transverse crosssection, for each sidewall, each bar having one of its flanges tting into the groove in 'awall, its web fitting against the inner face of said wall, and its otherflange eX- tending outwardly from said face of said wall, and ahorn-board and a motor-board supported on said outwardly extendingflanges.

2. The combination with four relatively vertical walls of a talkingmachine cabinet, the inner faces of the side walls of which are providedeach with a relatively horizontal groove therein extending substantiallythe length thereof, of a pair of bars, substantially Z-shape intransverse cross-section, one for each side wall, each bar having itsupper flange fitting into the groove of a sidewall, its web fittingagainst the inner face of said side wall below said groove and its lowerflange extending outwardly from said face of said side wall, and ahorn-board and a motor-board supported at their ends on said outwardlyextending flanges.

3. rlhe combination with four relatively vertical walls of a talkingmachine cabinet, the inner faces of the side walls of which are providedeach with a relatively horizontal groove therein extending substantiallythe length thereof, of a pair of bars substantially Z-shape intransverse cross-section, one for each side wall, each bar having itsupper flange fitting into the groove of a side wall, its web fittingagainst the inner faces of said side wall below said groove, 'and thelower flange extending outwardly horizontally from said face of saidside wall, a horn-board supported at its ends on said lower flanges ofsaid Z-bars and having an overhanging front edge, a motor-board alsosupported at its ends on said lower flanges and having its rear edgefitting against and under said overhanging edge of said hornboard, meansfor securing said horn-board to said lower flanges, and means forremovably securing the two front corners of said motor-board to saidlower flanges.

4i. rllhe combination with four relativehv vertical. walls of a talkingmachine cabinet, the inner faces of the side walls of which are providedwith a ledge extending outwardly from said side walls and toward eachother, the upper surfaces of said ledges be-4 ing in a relativelyhorizontal plane, of a horn-board supported at its ends on said CEEVtor-board.

l5. The combination with Arelatively -vertical walls of a. talking--machine cabinet, the linner sides'of'a -pair ot'opposite walls ofywhich uareprovided each with a relatively horizontal groove extending isubstantially the length thereof, of a pair ot' metall ie bars, oneforeach ol saidopposite w-alls,each bar having onelfreefedge ttedrespectively into the grooveoi' one of said oppositel v-.f'alls andVitsother tree edge extending outwardlv hori- V n a .l

zontallyf'fromsaid wall,'wherebyy a pair of inwardly extending ledgesisv'formed on: said 'oppositefside w-alls,la horn-board supported 'atlits'ends onsa-id ledges, a motor-beardalso supported at its ends onsaid ledges, and ln'ieans Jfor -ragidly removably securing said boards'to said ledges. Y

L6. The combination with -relatively vertical w-alls oia tal-hingmachine cabinet, the innervsides of a pair oi opposite-'walls of whichare provided eacliwith axrelatively horizontal groove extendingsubstantially the'length thereof, or" a-.pairlof Vmetallic bars, one toreach, oi said= opposite walls, eachbar having one f'ifreee'dge'fiittedintorthegroove in one of lsaidy oppositevwallsrespectively, Vandprovided V4with lholes1'therethrough near said edge,-pins insaid wallpassing through said holes-to fperinanentlylock Vsaid bar in saidvgrooveythe-otherifreeedge oitisaid bar extending outwardly horizontallyfrom said vvalh whereby a; pair of: inwardly extendingledgesisrforinedon said opposite sid-e walls, a horn-board supported atits ends-on said ledges,` a'v motor-boardalso:supportedfrat its endsonf-said ledges, and means ier rigidly removably-'securing said boardsto said ledges. y

' 7. :The combination with tour relatively vertical valls of a talking`machine cabinet, the inner faces-oiA agpair oifoppesite walls ofwhichare provided each with. a relatively horizontal groove extendingsubstantially the length thereof, of a pair oli aars, one AFor each ofsaidfopposite sidewalls, ear-h bar havingl one 'Free edge ritt-edrespectively into thegro ve ot' one ots/aid opposite walls and its otheredge Vextending outwardly horizontally 'rom-said-itace of said wallwhereby a pair of inwardly extending ledges forined on .said -innerfaces -ot said opposite walls,` albern-board supported -at its ends onsaid ledges; and rigidly secured thereto and having an overhangingbeveled edge, a

ineeeea motor-board also vsupported at itsl ends on said ledges andhaving a longitudinal edge beveled to lit against said overhanging edgeoi' said horn-board, and means to rigidly and -removably secure saidmotor-board Vto said ledges at points remote from saidbeveled edge, saidhorn-board and said niotor-board together forming a partitionsubstantiallyV filling the sp ace between saidifour vertical walls ofsaid cabinet.

8. In a talking-machine cabinet-theconibination with two relativelyvertical Vopposite walls, the tops oit' which comprise separate stripspermanently secured tothe main-pon tions of'said wallswandpinsconnecting said strips with said main'portions oi' said walls, aninner "horizontal groove being provided in the inner :faces olisaidwalls where-said stril s join the mainportion of said walls, oiAA a-pairof bars,substa-ntially Z-sh-apein transverse cross-section, each havingoneo'f its iianges ittedfinto afgroove in oneotsaid walls respectively,its webllyingrllat against said wall audits otherllange extendingoutwardly vtherefroni Eto torni relatively horizontal ledges on each otsaid walls, and a partition supported onsaid ledgesand removably,fixedly secured thereto.

9. ln a talking vmachine cabinet, the coinbination with two relativelyvertical opposite walls,.the topsotwhich comprise separate :stripspermanentlyy secured tothe main :porions oiisaid wallsanddowel pinsextending between and 'into `.said stripsv and vsaid main-portionsofsaid walls, a narrow groove being providedv intheinner face of :saidwalls wheresaid strips join theimain vportions of said walls, said lgroove extending faround said dowel pins, a pair'of nieta]barsysubstantially Z-.shape in transverse cross-section, each having itsupper flange tted respectively' vinto a groove of .one of saidfwalls,its web lying flat against said wall and its `lower lllange .f.extending outwardly therefronito form a ledgeon said wall, Vthe uppervlanges oi said bars being alsofprovided withv openings through whichpass `said doivel pins,l and a partition supported at its ends only onsaid ledges and rigidly and removably secured thereto,

1 10.2111 a=tall ingrnachine cabinet having tour relatively verticalwalls'comprising Va front wall, a rearwall and twoiopposite side walls,the combination of a pairo'fvinetallic bars, Zshape in transverse.cross-section, each bar being secured respectively to one of saidsidewalls with the intermediate web 'thereof latzagainst the inner face-otsaid side wall, .one Aflange projecting outwardly therefrom, whereby areformed `opposite parallel ledges disposed in the same horizontal planeand extending inwardly toward each-other, a horn-board and a motor-boardhaving their opposite ends supported on said ledges respectively andtheir ends itting llt) leo

15).. Lin) increase n? against and between the webs of said pair ofbars, and means for removably fastening said boards to said ledgeswhereby when said boards are lifted out of said cabinet the ends thereofare out of contact with the inner faces of said vertical side walls.

ll. ln a talking machine cabinet comprising two opposite walls, thecombination or" a pair of metallic bars, Z-shape in transversecross-section, each secured respectively to one of said side walls withintermediate web thereof flat against the inner tace of a side wall andone iange projecting ontwardly therefrom to tori i ledges projectinginwardly toward each other arranged in the saine plane, a partitionsupported on and secured at its opposite ends respectively to saidledges, the top surface of said partition being slightly below the upperedges of said webs.

l2. ln a talking machine cabinet cornprising two opposite walls, havingrespectively a groove in their inner faces, the cornu bination oi a pairoi metallic bars, -shape in transverse cross-section, each having iangeirinly seated in the groove in one of said walls respectively, a webfiat against said wall, and a iiange projecting outwardly from said wallwhereby are formed on said opposite walls, ledges projecting inwardlytowards each other, a partition seated on said ledges, and iittingbetween the webs of said bars, and means to rigidly removably securesaid partition to said bars.

ln a talking machine cabinet coniprising rpour vertical walls, twoopposite walls of which are respectively provided with a substantiallyhorizontal groove in the inner faces thereof, the combination of a pairot metallic bars -shape in transverse cross-section, each having ailange firmly seated in the groove in one olf said walls respectively, aweb flat against said wall, and a flange projecting outwardly 'from saidwall, whereby are formed on said opposite walls, ledges projectinginwardly towards each other, a substantially rectanpartition seated onsaid ledges and aving two opposite edges snugly lit-ting befeen andabutting against the webs respecother opposite L or said Z-bars and itssnugly litting between and abutting inst the other two wallsrespectively of `netl and means rigidly secure said tran to said bars.

'The combination with .tour

elatively il -:f-,lls oiC a cabinet structv n oppair oi which walls areprovided each i a imlatively horizontal groove in the 1 t s tsveoi, orpair oi instal bars,

innerl rarespectively with one flange itthe l`roove of a wall, with theother rtending outwardly horizontally the intermediate a reir o boardson said ontosed side by i each other, lie space between two walls `ringedges under-cut to provide n, and the adjacent sai'l boards being saidoverremovably rboar?. havto said supportigidly removably .a l Vflanges.,and are remote or said wall and wi' ,t ainsi said w boards ranging noA""ie o*1 i nm.

combination with tour relatively vcai walls of a cabinet structure, of ar et ledges extending from two opposite Y, l le naces of which lic inthe relatively horizontal inane, ot' a inoor-b ard and a horn-boardsupported at "heir ends said ledges, said boards being side by side withtheir adjacent es in Contact and said boards together substantiallyiill'ng the space between said walls and rorming a partition orrelatively horizontal wall, tie edge of said horn-board engaging saidmotor-board and being arranged to overhang' the adjacent edge omotor-board, means to rigidly secure to removably and rigidly securesaid motorboard to said flanges near the corners thereof remote fromsaid horn-board, whereby said horneboard is held in place by said meansfor attaching said corners thereof to flanges and by the overhangingedge et said horn-board.

16, The combination with the vertical walls oi a tahring machine cabinethaving a ansverse partition therein substantially Ling the spaceenclosed between said Vertical walls, inner sides of two oppositevertical walls being provided each with a groove extending transverselythereto substantially the length thereof, of a pair of angle-irons orbars each substantially Z- shape in transverse cross-section havingparallel flanges connected by a vertical web, the upper ianges of saidbars being respectively iitted and held in said grooves, the webs o saidbars lying respectively against the inner races of said opposite wallsand the lower flanges of said bars forming ledges upon which rest theopposite edges of said partition.

17. 'lhe combination with the relatively vertical walls of a talkingmachine cabinet, the inner side of opposite side walls of which isprovided with agroove, of a pair of angle- .irons each substantiallyZ-shape in crossveection, one for each side Wall, each angle' ironrespectively having its uppei flange seated in one of Said grooves andbeing provided with an opening therethrough, its web yfitting againstthe inner side of the Wall and #elle extending ,through seidopenings'rin 10 Suid up,A ei' la11g?;i sffi.lil a pnititioiisewt'ed onmgl iigirlly seemed ,to said. lowe;` flanges, nifl having its edges.fitting snugly against emu welle.

ln Witness whereof We have hereunto Set om hunde. tl' i 20th (layo'tetoloei3 1922.

lflNE T. KEFFEH. ILAM STEENSQN.

